Fake Meat for the Masses? + MORE

With a rocket-powered test flight, the billionaire’s space transportation company moves closer to its goal of shuttling tourists into space by 2014.

Beyond Meat CEO Ethan Brown wants to completely rearrange the protein scene–without rocking the cultural boat. Here’s his strategy.The average American eats 270 pounds of meat a year.”We have something called OCD: obsessive chicken disorder,” Ethan Brown, the fonder and CEO of Beyond Meat, told the audience at the Wired Business Conference Tuesday…

John Brinson, a small business owner in Pennsylvania, has won an appeal against the NLRB regarding a rule that would force private-sector employers to post union information in the workplace.

Tory Burch launched her fashion startup from her living room table and grew it into a $3.3 billion enterprise, all without a degree in business or fashion design. She didn’t have a degree in Twitter either so she dedicated two weeks to studying how the micro-blog works.

“What I learned about Twitter was in the beginning it was way too promotional,” Burch said today at the Wired Business Conference in New York City…

Most businesses give key information right in their names. Starbucks Coffee. Nationwide Insurance. Dunkin Donuts. Your brand isn’t about the service you provide, it’s about what makes your company the absolute best option. A fill-in-the-blanks website and mass produced logo will let potential customers know what your business does – but that’s about it…

What does due diligence mean? It’s a term that most people use in relation to buying a business. But that’s not the only time it’s important. Here’s what you need to know about doing due diligence.

Not going to college is now a very viable option. College is overrated anyway. A lot of people go to college looking for an education when in fact, college is not the best education for entrepreneurs. Just ask Richard Branson, Pete Cashmore, Seth Godin, the list goes on and on.
So let me ask you this: Are you really going to waste time in an institution that’s not known to produce world-class entrepreneurs? In addition, college is expensive…